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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Fairbanks AK
431 AM AKST Wed Jan 22 2025

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South Slopes of the Western Brooks Range-Noatak Valley-
Kivalina and Red Dog Dock-Lower Kobuk Valley-Baldwin Peninsula-
Northern Seward Peninsula-Upper Kobuk Valleys-Shishmaref-
Bering Strait Coast-Southern Seward Peninsula Coast-
Interior Seward Peninsula-Eastern Norton Sound and Nulato Hills-
Yukon Delta Coast-Lower Yukon River-St Lawrence Island-
Lower Koyukuk Valley-Middle Yukon Valley-
Lower Yukon and Innoko Valleys-
North Slopes of the Western Alaska Range-Upper Kuskokwim Valley-
Including Walker Lake, Noatak, Red Dog Mine, Kivalina,
Red Dog Dock, Noorvik, Selawik, Kiana, Kotzebue, Deering,
Buckland, Candle, Ambler, Shungnak, Kobuk, Shishmaref, Diomede,
Wales, Brevig Mission, Teller, Nome, White Mountain, Golovin,
Serpentine Hot Springs, Council, Haycock, Pilgrim Springs,
Taylor, Unalakleet, Stebbins, St Michael, Elim, Koyuk,
Shaktoolik, Mountain Village, Emmonak, Alakanuk, Kotlik,
Scammon Bay, Hooper Bay, Nunam Iqua, Chevak, Russian Mission,
St Marys, Pilot Station, Marshall, Gambell, Savoonga, Huslia,
Hughes, Galena, Nulato, Kaltag, Ruby, Koyukuk, Grayling,
Holy Cross, Shageluk, Anvik, Farewell Lake, McGrath, Nikolai,
and Takotna
431 AM AKST Wed Jan 22 2025

...Storms Continuing Across Western Alaska...

Western Alaska will continue to see storm after storm as the week
progresses. A much stronger storm will impact the West Coast and
Western Interior Thursday into Friday. Potential impacts from this
storm include southerly high winds of 40 to 55+ mph and blowing
snow, heavy snowfall transitioning to rain, and then a changeover
back to more snowfall along a strong arctic front into the
weekend.

For coastal locations, water is likely to come through cracks in
the sea ice and make travel very difficult. Given the extent of
the ice and thickness, impacts to land areas are expected to be
minimal, so no coastal flood products will be issued at this time.
The potential for coastal impacts remains south of Hooper Bay and
Nunivak Island. Given the warmth of the airmass and the amount of
liquid precipitation, travel will become quite difficult late
week into the weekend.

Stay tuned for future updates as details are ironed out in future
forecasts.

Information on the latest forecast can be found by visiting our
website, www.weather.gov/afg.

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